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Family
by TULA SINGER (Cuba)
August 2020
My mother came into the kitchen with a blank face. "We're leaving," she said. "We're going to move in with Ahmad in New York."
by OTTAVIA PALUCH (Canada)
August 2020
People evaporate.
But not as quickly as water.
by LEE GAINES (United States)
August 2020
you have learned there is both good and bad about where you live.
you have learned the stubbornest people on the planet are Southern.
by EVE DONALDSON (United Kingdom)
April 2020
"But Dad, a dog is the animal for me -
I'll take him for walks and I'll make him his tea."
by AMALIA COSTA (United Kingdom)
April 2020
We act like we're pleasantly thrust together instead of a family bound by grief and love.
by MAY ZHENG (United States)
December 2019
Air sticks to my skin,
like honey. mosquitos circle my ankles and wrists
by SIRIN JITKLONGSUB (Thailand)
December 2019
These are the scents I will take with me when I leave this house.
by MERIT ONYEKWERE (United States)
December 2019
When Uchechi’s voice crackles with laughter and her almond brown eyes crease . . .
by SAACHI GUPTA (India)
December 2019
There’s a moment in kindergarten when I realize that the other grandparents don’t smile.
by MELISSA XU (United States)
September 2019
I grew up eating an excessive amount of eggs. Actually, that’s a little misleading.
by ROSALEEN SWEITI (United States)
September 2019
There's a sort of spell that falls over the dinner table as we wait for the athan to sound.
by BAYA LAIMECHE (United States)
September 2019
She spoke with her hands, weaving stories out of air and breathing life into them . . .
by ISABEL ALTAMIRANO (Canada)
April 2019
"Vente, mi amor, help me with dinner." I bound over to the kitchen, shooting a full-brace grin up at my abuela. She chuckled, patting me on the back, and led me to the counter.
"Here is the recipe", she said, waving to an ancient book . . .
by ANNIE CHENG (United States)
April 2019
You always liked to watch the trains as they passed by, one after another, right on schedule. You liked the whooshing sound of the breaks as the train slowed into the station, and the whirring of the engine as it started up again.